We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. - Iris Murdoch // The interplay of thought and imagination is far superior to that of muscle and sinew. - Isaac Asimov // The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. - Emily Dickinson // A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. - Lao Tzu // Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will. - Friedrich Nietzsche // The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. - Francis Bacon // Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are. - Soren Kierkegaard // The possible ranks higher than the actual. - Martin Heidegger //

New Piece Published at Salon Futura!

Salon Futura which has great features on short fiction, articles on trends and tropes in SF, and short blurbs on books that have just appeared, all by the likes of the talented Karen Burnham, Jonathan Clements, Sam Jordison and of course the editor herself, Cheryl Morgan. It's a pleasure to appear in its pages.